4. The Iconography of the Black in Ancient North Africa [Jehan Desanges]

5. Egypt, Land of Africa, in the Greco-Roman World [Jean Leclant]

Appendix

Acknowledgments and Perspectives to the First Edition [Dominique de Menil]

Preface to the First Edition [Ladislas Bugner]

Introduction to the First Edition [Ladislas Bugner]

Abbreviations

Notes

Illustrations

Maps

Index

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